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Henderson, NC

14,922 Population
8.6 square miles 1,730.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 39.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,005 ±$2,540 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: $27,223 ±$1,621
  • about three-fifths of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$38,780 ±$2,888 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: $46,943 ±$3,266
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

27.5% ±5.1% (3,997  ±745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 19% † 7,936 (±2.9% / ±1,215)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

21.9 minutes ±2.2 (120,665  ±15,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 26.4 424,970 (±1.8 / ±32,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

6,103 ±322 Number of households
  • the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 16,081 ±399
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.4 ±0.1 (14,475  ±71) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 2.6 41,730 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.6% ±2.2% (115  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 3.8% † 356 (±1.8% / ±169)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

7,148 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 19,423 ±23
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$116,800 ±$7,784 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: $146,300 † ±$16,684
  • about half the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

10% ±3% (1,483  ±437.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 9.7% † 4,067 (±1.9% / ±789.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

82.3% ±6.3% (8,035  ±694.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 85.4% 24,482 (±4.2% / ±1,211.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
16.2% ±3.3% (1,583  ±325) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 18.5% † 5,294 (±2.4% / ±679.6)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.1% ±2.2% (910  ±323) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 4.9% 2,074
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

7% ±1.7% (769  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Henderson, NC Micro Area: 6.9% † 2,210 (±1.2% / ±381)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
769 Total veterans ±186 742 Male ±180 27 Female ±33

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